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Our areas of Expertise

Members of the centre are available to provide ethics advice and consultancy for a wide variety of research projects and areas. This includes novel biotechnology, medicine, AI, professional ethics and other areas involving challenging or conflicting ethical considerations (see below for more examples). It could include one-off consultation, teaching, written ethical analysis, or commissioning of ethics research.

For Media, Consultancy & Policy enquiries please contact Liz Sanders.

01865 286928 | liz.sanders@philosophy.ox.ac.uk

Medical and Bioethics

  • Cloning
  • Stem cell research
  • Genetics and genetic modification
  • Abortion
  • Controversial medical procedures
  • Synthetic biology

Ethics and human futures

  • Ethics of human modification and enhancement technologies
  • Nanotechnology policy
  • Human dignity
  • Global risks
  • Moral enhancement

Neuroethics

  • Neuroenhancement and pharmacological interventions
  • The neuroscience of ethics and moral decision-making
  • The vegetative state and disorders of consciousness
  • Addiction, free will and self-control
  • Brain-machine interfaces

 

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Many of our researchers and students regularly contribute pieces to The Conversation, including: 

Katrien Devolder: https://theconversation.com/profiles/katrien-devolder-237216/articles

Brian Earp: https://theconversation.com/profiles/brian-d-earp-14823/articles

Alberto Giubilini: https://theconversation.com/profiles/alberto-giubilini-278708/articles

Neil Levy: https://theconversation.com/profiles/neil-levy-4379/articles

Hannah Maslen: https://theconversation.com/profiles/hannah-maslen-125185/articles

Jonathan Pugh: https://theconversation.com/profiles/jonathan-pugh-209098/articles

Julian Savulescu: https://theconversation.com/profiles/julian-savulescu-8314/articles

Dominic Wilkinson: https://theconversation.com/profiles/dominic-wilkinson-20963/articles